Bangladesh Railway is not raising fare for the passenger and freight trains at the moment. Expenditures of the trains will be adjusted with additional subsidy considering smooth and hassle-free passenger service.
The minister came up with the assertion while responding to a reporter's question at a programme at Kamalapur railway station in the city on Saturday. The event was organised to resume the stopover at Brahmanbaria station of Jayantika Express train.
The minister said, “Bangladesh Railways is a service-provider. We are serving the people with the utmost sincerity and care. We are committed to providing easy and comfortable service to the people through overall development of railways.”
He also said, “Earlier on March 26, the station master's room, operating room, VIP room, chief booking assistant's room, ticket counter, panel board, signaling equipment, point signal box, level crossing gate and other facilities at Brahmanbaria station were vandalized and blazed. The incident caused a loss of around Tk 2.5 crore. From the day after the incident, all intercity trains used to stop at Brahmanbaria station were canceled. The service is being re-launched after eight months.”
He said, “The stopover will be the same from today (Saturday) as it was before. Some 14 intercity, eight mail trains and four other commuter trains will stop at Brahmanbaria station.
Later, the railways minister welcomed passengers of the Jayantika Express with flowers and resumed the train stopover service at Brahmanbaria station by giving a flag signal from the guard brake.
Secretary of Railways ministry Md. Selim Reza, Director General of Bangladesh Railways Dhirendranath Majumder and other senior officials were present at the programme.
